Rosslyn Chapel, a Category A listed building dating back to 1446, gained worldwide fame from the publication of Dan Brown’s book the Da Vinci Code in 2004 followed by the film in 2006.
The images revealed are from a project developed by Historic Scotland and Digital Design Studio at the Glasgow School of Art, to survey and interpret heritage structures, creating the definitive 3D record of the architecture down to the millimetre.
Terrestrial laser scanning, in combination with other digital technologies, is an extremely effective method of precisely documenting an object, building or landscape.
Over a three day period, a combined team from Historic Scotland and the Digital Design Studio at the Glasgow School of Art thoroughly laser scanned and digitally photographed the interior and exterior of the Chapel. Three highly advanced 3D terrestrial laser scanners were used on the project, each scanner capable of capturing 50,000 plus dimension points a second.
Rosslyn Chapel is currently undergoing a £13million conservation and site improvement project.
Follow this link for more information: http://www.historic-scotland.gov.uk/
